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Suspect ID’d in street shooting that killed Target hero

Authorities have identified a suspect in a shooting that killed a man who helped save a girl from a stabbing last year.

Updated: 12:07 AM EST Jan 23, 2014

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Suspect ID’d in street shooting that killed Target hero

Authorities have identified a suspect in a shooting that killed a man who helped save a girl from a stabbing last year.

Updated: 12:07 AM EST Jan 23, 2014

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Suspect ID’d in street shooting that killed Target hero

Authorities have identified a suspect in a shooting that killed a man who helped save a girl from a stabbing last year.

Updated: 12:07 AM EST Jan 23, 2014

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WEBVTT HAD CRACK COCAINE ON THEM SO POLICE SAY THEY'LL FACE ADDITIONAL DRUG CHARGES. I'M KELLY BRENNAN. CHANNEL 4 ACTION NEWS. THEY GUNNED MY SON DOWN LIKE A DOG! HE WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND, THEY PUT BULLETS IN HIM. JUST YESTERDAY SHE SENT A DESPERATE PLEA OUT TO THE MAN WHO MURDERED HER SON. TODAY POLICE I HAVEA SUSPECT. AFTER A LOCAL MAN WHO ONCE SAVED A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE WAS KILLED IN COLD BLOOD. ANDREW DEL GRECO, THE MANHUNT STARTS. THEY HAVE A NAME, JUST NOT AN ARREST YET. YES, I SPOKE TO THE DAVIS FAMILY ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY TELL ME THEY HAD NOT EVEN HEARD OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT. THEY TELL ME THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT POLICE ALREADY HAVE A NAME AND FACE TO PUT ON THIS MURDER CASE. THEY SAY THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE TO LEARN OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM A FEW HOURS AGO. HERE'S A LOOK AT THAT MAN NOW. THE SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED AS 29-YEAR-OLD RODNEY HOWARD. HE'S WANTED ON ONE COUNT OF HOMICIDE FROM THAT LARIMER SHOOTING ON MONDAY. POLICE DETECTIVES ARE HOPING SOMEONE CAN LEAD THEM TO HIS WHEREABOUTS TONIGHT. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO NOTE. THE VICTIM IS 37-YEAR-OLD HOSEA DAVIS, HE'S CREDITED WITH SAVING A TEENAGE GIRL LAST YEAR IN THE TARGET STABBING IN EAST LIBERTY. ALSO POLICE SAY THIS IS A COLD BLOODED SHOOTING WITH RODNEY HOWARD FIRING AT LEAST A DOZEN SHOTS, EVEN INTO HIS BACK, AS DAVIS WAS ON THE GROUND. THE HAPPENED AFTER A DRUG DEAL. THE BREAKTHROUGH CAME FROM A WITNESS WHO SAW IT HAPPENED AND TOLD POLICE A LOT OF DETAILS OF WHAT THAT WITNESS SAW. SO DAVIS'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE CALLING FOR THE 29-YEAR-OLD RODNEY HOWARD TO TURN HIMSELF IN TONIGHT. THEY SAY THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE